The January transfer window has been a bonanza for agents but clubs and governing bodies are preparing to put a stop to it The January transfer window closed with a blizzard of late moves, delivering £50m as the new normal fee for players – £142m for one of the best, Philippe Coutinho – and undis...

A hectic January transfer window closed on Wednesday night – our writers look at all the 20 Premier League clubs and how their business unfolded A hectic transfer window closed on Wednesday night – amid seven Premier League games – with several clubs able to conclude deals on deadline day. Premie...

Manchester United’s young Brazilian, on loan at Valencia and preparing to face Barcelona, talks about his hopes of impressing José Mourinho “Bom dia.” It was only two words and it was not exactly poetry, but it was enough. Andreas Pereira was being shown around Carrington by Manchester United’s c...

• Mourinho identifies four errors for Tottenham’s opening goal • Of Alexis Sánchez, he says: ‘The game was not for him’ José Mourinho lamented the “ridiculous” defensive errors that condemned his Manchester United team to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham. The manager watched in horror as his players mad...

The defender’s torrid first half against Tottenham will be the focus of attention but Manchester United’s unbalanced midfield was as much part of their problem For Manchester United this was a bruising 2-0 defeat by better-balanced opponents and an occasion that seemed to float past in a series o...

By the end it had turned into a deeply chastening experience for Manchester United and not just because of the mere fact that for long spells Tottenham Hotspur outplayed, out-thought and out-fought them. That was one thing, but this defeat for José Mourinho’s team contained so many different subp...

He was on Manchester United’s books for 14 years but 33 days after scoring on his senior debut the midfielder upped sticks in order to be noticed Fifteen minutes into his Manchester United debut he raced on to a nonchalant outside-of-the-boot pass by Paul Pogba, bamboozling Martin Kelly, the Crys...

• Former Arsenal player sure to get a lively welcome at Wembley • Mourinho says Sánchez arrival will not affect Marcus Rashford As a former Arsenal player Alexis Sánchez is likely to be booed when he steps out for Manchester United against Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday evening but José Mourin...

• Manchester United would not stand in striker’s way, says manager • ‘Zlatan has never mentioned this possibility to me’ Manchester United would not stand in Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s way if he wishes to join a club in the United States before the end of the season, though José Mourinho says the playe...

Listen to Bobby Charlton and you know why the minute’s silence at Manchester United’s closest home game to the anniversary, this year against Huddersfield next Saturday, always resonates There are always moments in this job that you remember more than others. The trips abroad, the sweet-scented n...

• Manager got what he was expecting from experienced Chilean • ‘Alexis is a tough guy – I’m happy with everything he did.’ José Mourinho praised Alexis Sánchez’s “tough guy” attitude as the Chilean weathered some hefty tackles to provide two assists on debut as Manchester United eased beyond Yeov...

The Chilean forward’s drawn-out transfer from Arsenal to Old Trafford was all but forgotten as two assists and glimpses of greatness marked his debut in an FA Cup victory at Yeovil “He wants to play, he loves to play.” And so he does. For all the overblown shemozzle of Alexis Sánchez’s long goodb...

Manchester United were discomforted for periods in this corner of Somerset, their style occasionally cramped by Yeovil Town’s urgency and the visitors’ agitation was raised at times to the beat of the drummer in the raucous Thatcher’s Gold stand. But in the end, once underlying qualities had told...

Latest updates from the 7.55pm GMT kick-off at Huish Park Email Ben or tweet @benfisherj with your thoughts FA Cup: 10 things to look out for this weekend 5.32pm GMT Good evening! Can they do it? It’s going to be helluva challenge for Yeovil Town but isn’t that, as they say, what the magic of the...